Buckthorn Westex
Solar power plant · Pecos County, Texas
Nameplate capacity
154 MW
Rank in Texas
#408
of 1,071 plants
In service since
2018
May 2018
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Buckthorn Westex, LLC
- County
- Pecos County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.08%
- Rank among solar plants in Texas
- #98 of 238
- EIA plant code
- 60044
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BKTH1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 154 MW | 154 MW | 2018 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Texas
| BPL Files Solar | Solar | 158 MW |
| Fluvanna | Wind | 155 MW |
| EG178 Facility | Natural gas | 154 MW |
| Felina | Solar | 153 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 154 MW solar plant and a 154 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Texas power plants · What Texas actually generates